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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 829: Excludes unemployment compensation from state income tax

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 829 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Excludes unemployment compensation from state income tax. Primary sponsor: Phara Souffrant Forrest (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Excludes unemployment compensation from being included in the computation of state income tax.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Phara Souffrant ForrestPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Zohran MamdaniCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  2. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source